Georg von der Marwitz

Georg von der Marwitz (7 July 1856-27 October 1929) was a General del Kavallerie of the German Empire during World War I.

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Georg von der Marwitz was born on 7 July 1856 in Stolp, Pomerania, Prussia (now known as Slupsk, Poland), and he entered the Prussian Army in 1875, From 1886 to 1900, he commanded a cavalry regiment, and he later became a corps' chief-of-staff and the Inspector-General of the Prussian Army's cavalry. In 1914, he was sent to the Western Front to command a cavalry corps at the start of World War I, and he briefly saw action against the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front before returning west. In 1917, he fought against British Army tanks at Cambrai, and he was given command of the German Second Army shortly after. Von der Marwitz later led the German Fifth Army, and he ordered his men to fight to the last bullet, although his armies began to disintegrate due to the 1918 offensives of the Entente Powers. After the war, he retired and died in Wundichow, Pomerania (Unichowo, Poland).